OBGYN & Women’s Health
Primary Care Visits Dropped in Early Months of the Pandemic
FRIDAY, Oct. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) — There has been a decrease in primary care office visits during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published online Oct. 2 in JAMA Network Open. G. Caleb Alexander, M.D., from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, and colleagues quantified national changes in the...
Exercise Lowers Mortality for Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
FRIDAY, Oct. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Exercise cuts the risk for death in patients with type 2 diabetes, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, held virtually from Sept. 21 to 25. Yun-Ju Lai, M.D., from the Taichung Veterans General Hospital in Taiwan,...
Ductal Carcinoma In Situ Tied to Threefold Higher Risk for Death
FRIDAY, Oct. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) — There is a threefold higher risk for dying of breast cancer after a diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), according to a study published online Sept. 16 in JAMA Network Open. Vasily Giannakeas, M.P.H., from University of Toronto, and colleagues used the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results...
Considerable State-Level Variation Found in Prevalence of Eclampsia
FRIDAY, Oct. 2, 2020 (HealthDay News) — There is considerable state-level variation in the prevalence of eclampsia, according to a study published online Oct. 1 in JAMA Network Open. Alexander J. Butwick, M.B.B.S., from the Stanford University School of Medicine in California, and colleagues examined the extent of statewide variation in the prevalence of chronic...
COVID-19-Related Hospital Death Up With Psychiatric Diagnosis
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Patients with any prior psychiatric diagnosis have an increased risk for COVID-19-related hospital death, according to a research letter published online Sept. 30 in JAMA Network Open. Luming Li, M.D., from the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut, and colleagues conducted a cohort study to...
Hospital Admissions Not Related to COVID-19 Fell in Early 2020
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 30, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Non-COVID-19 hospital admissions decreased considerably with the onset of COVID-19, with declines generally similar across patient demographic subgroups from February to April 2020, according to a report published online Sept. 24 in Health Affairs. John D. Birkmeyer, M.D., from Sound Physicians in Tacoma, Washington, and colleagues conducted a...
Exposure to Maternal Gestational Diabetes Tied to Higher CVD Risk
MONDAY, Sept. 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Intrauterine exposure to maternal gestational diabetes is associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk and risk factors in offspring up to age 35 years, according to a study published online Sept. 28 in CMAJ, the journal of the Canadian Medical Association. Laetitia Guillemette, Ph.D., from the Children’s Hospital Research...
Rheumatoid Arthritis Linked to Higher Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
FRIDAY, Sept. 25, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with an increased risk for diabetes mellitus (DM) incidence, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, held virtually from Sept. 21 to 25. Zixing Tian, from the University of Manchester in the United...
Diagnoses of Common Conditions Declined in March to May 2020
FRIDAY, Sept. 25, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Diagnoses of common conditions decreased substantially between March and May 2020, according to a study published online Sept. 23 in The Lancet Public Health. The research was published to coincide with the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Conference on Coronavirus Diseases, held virtually from Sept....
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